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W. H. GLENNON. AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

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STATES \VILLIAM H. GLENNON, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,004, dated December13, 1892.

Application filed July 25, 1892. Serial No. 441.085. (N0 model.)

To all whom it pea/y concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM H. GLENNON, of Quincy, county of Norfolk, andState of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulAutograph-Register, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aperspective view of the improved register. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectionalviews; Fig. at, a top view of one end of the register with the paper andcarbon removed. Fig. 5 is a detail section; Figs. 6 and 7, details ofone of the carbon-reels.

My invention relates to that class of register in which a desired numberof sheets of paper are fed from alike number of rolls with interposedsheets of carbon over a tablet or bed, so that a required number ofcopies of an order or memorandum may be made at one writing, and has forits object to produce an apparatus which will combine ease ofmanipulation with cheapness and durability and possess other advantages,which will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings showing the best form of my invention, A represents atablet provided with a bracket a, by which the apparatus may be securedto a movable rest, or, if desired, to a board a provided with a handle aand a suitable cover or lid. The upper face of the tablet is recessed ata to accommodate the paper and carbons, and is perforated to admit lugs19, formed on the under side of guides B B, to which the hangers C D aresecured by screws r, hanger 0 supporting the paper-rolls E K N andhanger D carbon-reel 9'.

Guides B B are provided with overhang ing flanges b 5 serving to keepthe paper and carbons in place, and are enlarged at the extremities B toform bearings for the various rolls and reels. In the register shown inthe drawings I have provided three sheets of paper and three rolls withtwo carbons, so that three impressions are taken at one writing,although it will be understood that I may employ any number of rolls andcarbons without departing from the spirit of the invention. As beforementioned, the rolls are journaled upon the hanger O, which is securedto the guides 13 B, so that the rolls are in substantially the samevertical plane. The

paper from roll E is carried over roller 6,

across the bed, over roller 6, which is jourjournaled in piece F,presently to be described, and around reel 6 journaled in hanger D. Reele comprises a spindle made in two pieces 6 6 which fit closely together,and

D when secured upon the studs of the guides B B. Secured in piece F arehangers G G, which support the roller 9 and reel 9, upon which carbon His wound. In hanger G are a number of perforations g concentric with theaxis of reel g which are engaged by screw 9 on the crank g so that thereel may be secured at any desired point in its rotation to hold thecarbon stationary,the spindle of the reel being divided to clamp thecarbon, as in the paper-reel previously described. The other end of thecarbon is Wound upon a similar reel I, except that there need be but oneperforation in the enlarged portion of the guide to engage a screw i onthe crank-handle. In the piece F is an opeuingf to provide means ofgrasping the paper to pull it through Within reach of the Writer, sothat the written portion of the paper may be torn from the register. Thesecond paper is fed from roll K over roller and across the bed. The nextsheet of carbon is wound upon reel M, which is similar to reel I, and isinterposed between the paper from roll K and the top paper which issupplied from roll N. The spindles upon which the rolls are mounted arebent downwardly at their ends, as at n, and secured t the hanger byscrews n. a

Piece F is provided with a clamping-piece f, havinga guiding-pin f andis raised and lowered by an adj Listing-screw f whose threads engagethreads in piece f, so that the written portion of the paper may be tornfrom the register after an impression has been made.

The operation of my improved register will now be clearly understood.The papers and carbons having been properly arranged upon the bed andpulled through under clamp f by gripping the papers through opening f,an impression is made upon the top sheet. The written portion of thelowest sheet is wound upon reel e so that a record is preserved. Theother two sheets are then pulled out, the clamp tightened, and thewritten portions torn from the apparatus to be used, as desired, and theregister is ready for another impresslon.

The advantages will be obvious. Very few parts are involved in theconstruction of the apparatus. Owing to the arrangement of thepaper-rolls in a vertical plane, the paper is unwound without frictionor strain. The carbons are supplied to the tablet in fresh portions,when desired, and are readily secured to or detached from their reelsand are held rigidly against creasing by the adjustment of the reels.The parts of the apparatus are secured rigidly together by the simplestmeans and can be readily taken apart by unskilled persons to change thecarbons and papers and is not likely to become deranged in use. Theinvention possesses numerous other advantages which will be readilyappreciated by those skilled in the art to which it relates.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In an autographic register in whicha tablet, a plurality of strips of paper, and manifolding material areemployed, guides for the paper and manifolding material mounted upon thetablet, reels for the manifolding material journaled in extensions ofthe guides, paper-dispensing rolls mounted in the same vertical planebelow the tablet, a reel for one of the strips of paper, supported belowthe tablet, an extension of the tablet provided with a reel for one ofthe sheets of manifolding material supported upon the extension, and aclamp for the paper, all substantially as described.

2. In an autographic register, the tablet A, guides B B, carbon-reels MI, hangers C D, studs Z), to which said hangers are secured,

paper-dispensing rolls E K N, paper-reel 6 extension F, provided withopening f and held between guides B B, hanger D, clamp f, adjusting-nutf and carbon-reel r, all substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

"WILLIAM H. GLENN ON.

Witnesses:

JONATHAN ALLEY, JOHN R. SNOW.

